Use these short phrase/captions for helping children to write independently. These are made up of CVC and CVCC/CCVC words and words with diagraphs in to help the children become familiar and fluent with writing short fun captions.

African Animal Writing Speech Bubbles Independent writing activity for children to complete writing comments or speech which African animals might say. These be linked to many different stories or texts including Handa’s Suprise, Handa’s Hen, The Ugly Five, We all Went on Safari, We’re going on a Lion Hunt, Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion, The Leopards Drum. The speech bubbles do not contain lines so that children can draw or write free hand and are not contained by lines and can be accessed by all children. These can be used in a variety of areas in your provision. Use these in the provision in your; Creative area Small world area Construction area Writing area Reading corner Outside area These are perfect for EYFS and KS1.

These On the farm writing sheets are created to help children talk and write independently about what they can see. They encourage children to talk with each other about what they can see in the picture then write it down in a sentence. These are perfect for early morning work, on the farm theme work or precision teaching.

Use these natural flower pictures to help develop fine motor skills in children by adding tweezers and pompoms or gems to finish and create the flower.

These Writing Ladders for Nursery, Reception and Year One are a staple in my Mark Making area’s to support staff with knowing children’s next steps and ensuring that they know the progression of writing for children’s development. Many times we get children to write words and sentences before they have grasped the basic’s of writing single letter’s, familiar words such as their name and short words/phrases. Why not use these Writing Ladders to support you and your team to help make sure all children are working towards their potential and making progress. The steps are well planned and do not have any suggested time frame to be achieved meaning that you don’t have to push children before they are ready.

This pack of 8 track board games for counting on are perfect for helping children to develop their cardinality, understanding of the stable order principle and counting 1:1 correspondence. Board games are a great way to increase children’s independence and confidence in counting and maths including helping them to count in order and move between single numbers and teen numbers with confidence.

Nursery Phone Book This is the perfect addition to your home corner or tuff tray phone/technology enhancements to help and support the understanding of ringing 999 or emergency services. The phone book contains children’s favourite characters and ‘phone numbers’ which they can ring helping children to build up number recognition. Can be used in a variety of areas including; Home corner Maths area Construction Area Outdoor Area

Heart CVC word writing Use these sheets to encourage children to write independently. Can they write the words or use magnetic letters to create the words independently.

Chick Writing Provision Books Life Cycle of a Chick These colourful blank inside books are perfect for children to share all that they know about chicks. Children could write in and share their ideas and knowledge using these books that combine fun learning with creativity. These books are fantastic to promote independent writing along with Children could use them to; Write a short description of each chick, with space for children to write or draw their impressions of each one Write interesting facts about chicks, Write about their life cycle, and how they grow These books are a perfect addition to your spring topic and would fit in perfectly with life-cycles. They could also be added to the following areas to enhance and develop independent writing across the classroom; Mark Making Area Small World Area Investigation Area Curiosity Cube

Chinese New Year Writing Activity Write or match the pictures of the Chinese New Year items to each other in this fun, hands on learning activity. Perfect for using in the classroom and or in the learning environment to support children to learn and develop spelling and writing.

Use these two Rosie’s Walk story maps to support children to retell their own version or copy of the story. One has pictures and ideas on to support children to retell parts of the story. The other has minimal support on to help children write a more independent story map.

Use these body percussion repeating pattern cards to help children build up rhythm and rhyme in their phase 1 phonics as well as oral blending, pattern building and counting. Body percussions intertwined with repeating patterns are a great way to help all children develop their oral skills, counting skills, co-ordination skills, rhythm and rhyme skills and so much more! Use these as A3 in a group or whole class in put as well as A4 size for small group or provision activity.

Watercolour theme easter egg word writing activity with CVCC, CCVC, CVC words.

These 13 Prompt cards are fantastic for support high quality interactions in your continuous provision. They can be used across nursery or reception and have been scaffolded to ensure that adult’s questioning and interaction is pitched to the children’s level supporting next steps and key learning concepts at the point of teaching! Each area prompt card include lots of vocabulary that can be taught and used in each area, types of interactions for each area and questions adapted and supported for each area focusing on the blank levels principles as well as open ended questions to guide children’s shared and sustained thinking. Areas included are; Maths Malleable Water Sand Creative Construction Small World Mark Making Home Corner Mud Kitchen Reading Performance Investigation

Use these Spring Mark Making Pattern Cards to help children practice their fine motor skills and pre-writing skills

**Mini-beast Writing Provision Books ** Mini-Beast Writing Provision Books are an engaging resource designed for children to document their discoveries and creative ideas about the fascinating world of mini-beasts. These books provide structured space for young learners to write information, record observations, and draw pictures of insects, spiders, and other small creatures they encounter. Ideal for both classroom and home use, these books encourage curiosity, literacy, and artistic expression. Each page features sections dedicated to facts, personal notes, and illustrations, making them a versatile tool that supports learning in a fun, hands-on way. These books are great for a supporting and encouraging a variety of independent writing in many areas of the provision including; Mark Making Area Home Corner Investigation Area Exploration Area

These Assessment for Learning strategies are not extensive but work very well across the Early Years Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1 classrooms. Set out with colour coded subjects and ideas with learning intentions, themes and teaching ideas across all the areas of the National Curriculum. This document offers teachers an easy to access way to encourage and develop interaction, formative assessment teaching strategies in all lessons. With over 30+ ways to incorporate formative assessment into your daily teaching, this document is a fantastic resource to support and enhance all lessons and must to support Early Carer Teachers and those moving to Early Years Foundation Stage and Key Stage One.

4 to a page rhyming cards with real life pictures to aid language and communications skills. Perfect for phonics Phase 1 Aspect 4 Rhythm and Rhyme.

2 part and 3 part repeating shape patterns

Number cards 0-10 using Strawberries and a tens frame.